–Andy Rooney-
Did you miss out on the Spring AlumWork Day?.....
...then don’t miss out on the 75th Reunion in 2023!(p. 19)
After having no camp in 2020 and altered camp in 2021, it was wonderful to have back-to-normal camp in 2022. It was a great summer with awesome trips and a fun in-camp program. Our counseling staff was fabulous and the campers were as happy to be here as we were to have them. And we had many of those cooling afternoon showers so we could even cook s’mores over the campfire.
As many of you know, we have now opened registration for our gigantic alum reunion next August to celebrate our 75th anniversary. More than 300 of you have already signed up and the event promises to be a grand opportunity to renew friendships and relive some of your memories while making new ones. We still have room at High Trails and Big Spring and there is plenty of space for tents for those of you who want to camp out. The Nature Place is filled and we are creating a waiting list. We can’t wait to see you all again!
There is quite a bit of exciting camp news in this edition—the new Big Spring Health Center, our new land purchase, our alum work-day last spring and more—but not so much news about you, our alums. We really need you to be better about sending us your updates; we expect a flood of news from you over the next few months that we can include in our Spring edition. (If nothing much is going on in your life, it is OK if you make something up—we are not picky about what we print)
Once again, we are grateful to alum Rob Taylor, who submitted an article about Walter Witcher and the history of the Witcher Ranch. Rob is our most prolific outside correspondent. I would like to say that he is highly paid for his contributions but he gets nothing—not even chits—for his efforts. So the least we can do is plug his new book: “Canon: Lords of All They Survey” You can reach out to Rob at his e-mail: oldboot1977@yahoo.com if you would like a copy.
We have had a spectacular fall here at the Ranch, but the golden leaves are now falling from the Aspen and snow is in our forecast. We hope all of you have enjoyed a beautiful Autumn and are looking forward to a cozy winter. Please keep in touch—we love hearing from you!
alumnews@sanbornwesterncamps.com
Being at camp has helped me come out of my shell and be more social and upbeat in everyday life. Camp has made a really big difference in my life just by the ways I interact with the world now.
-Scholarship Recipient, 2022
He is becoming a man. He had great leaders that encouraged him to get better. I can’t teach him what he learns from the camp. Every time he comes back from the camp he’s changed – more independent and responsible.
-Parent of Scholarship Recipient, 2022
Being an inner-city kid, my life is filled with artificial. To immerse myself in the trees and animals is lovely. The bond I have with some of the people I met at camp is really a brotherhood.
-Scholarship Recipient 2022
The summer of 2022 marked over two decades of the Sandy and Laura Sanborn Scholarship Fund!
After Sandy died in 1999, many friends and alums made contributions in his memory. With those funds, the COEC Board of Trustees established The Sandy Sanborn Memorial Fund. For the first few years, contributions were invested, and the fund was allowed to grow until the first two scholarships were granted in 2003.
mailings went out to alumni, and the number of scholarships increased each year. Laura’s name was added to the fund following her death in 2009.
During the past 20 years the fund
has awarded
600 half- and fulltuition grants totaling $1,509,867
The fund was renamed the Sandy Sanborn Scholarship Fund, we began featuring it in the Alum News, fundraising
Last summer a total of 52 campers attended Big Spring and High Trails with $211,000 from the SLSFund.
During the past 20 years the fund has awarded 600 halfand full-tuition grants totaling $1,509,867! Annual gifts to the scholarship fund are now used to provide scholarships in the current year.
The scope of the fund was expanded to include grants to school districts to help them include low-income students in the High Trails Outdoor Education Program and to provide high level leadership training sessions for participating high school students.
An estimated total of 1387 scholarships to students totaling more than $237,320, has been awarded to the High Trails Outdoor Education program. The grand total for summer campers and outdoor education students is $1,747,187!!
Thank you to all who have contributed.
The COEC Board of Trustees has adopted a Strategic Plan for the coming years. One of our strategic priorities is to increase the impact of SWC/COEC by “increasing the socio-economic and racial diversity of the populations we serve,” and the scholarship fund has been instrumental in achieving that goal.
In addition, we have been making camp available to a wider range of families by working with our partners. Each year 12-15 campers attend SWC with financial assistance from A Thousand Summers -- The Jack Austin Cheley Foundation. Our SLS Fund contributes 12 half-tuitions and A Thousand Summers provides the remainder. The Friends of University Academy in Kansas City supports 3-4 6th grade students and the SLSFund makes it possible for those campers to attend BS & HT through their JC/OB year. A new partner, the City of Guanajuato, Mexico, funds two campers to attend SWC. Each of these arrangements helps us to enhance the experience for everyone in the camp community.
In recent years generous donors have provided memorial scholarships and endowments which have allowed us to grant continuing half-tuition as well as eleven full-tuition awards: Eric Weidmann, the family of Bob Bucholz, the family of Max Barry, the Jeff Roberts family, the family of Kristin McLain, the Sara and Colin Clark family, Mike and Chris McCarthy, and one anonymous donor. Two one-year awards recently honored Kay Seessel Rawlings and the late Susan Goetz Beall.
As part of the Sanborn Tomorrow Capital Campaign, the COEC Board created the Sanborn 70 Scholarship Endowment Fund to build additional funds for the future and to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to the scholarship program. The goal is to establish at least a $1,000,000 endowment and to augment annual scholarships with the interest earned each year. The current balance of the fund is $700,000. We continue to accept donations to this fund.
With our annual giving mailing at the end of the year we hope to increase the number of full-tuition scholarships we can offer. Elsewhere in this issue is a menu of “donor packages” that will hopefully appeal to those interested in supporting the growth of the scholarship program.
Thanks to many generous donors – with gifts big and small -- the effort to honor Sandy and Laura and to advance their vision of providing extraordinary experiences to children
is extremely vigorous. Please help us become even more impactful in the years to come.
Sincerely,
Jerry McLain Director of Alumni Support, Band Leader & Chief Historian
Contributions of any size are gratefully accepted! Small gifts add up quickly; mediumsized gifts rapidly become a full scholarship. Here are some ideas for large donations that will provide complete awards for individual campers.
• $3,400 will provide a half-tuition scholarship.
• $7,500 will provide full tuition, travel and basic equipment, if necessary.
• $150,000* will provide an “endowed” scholarship each year in perpetuity.
If you would like to explore any of these options, please contact Jerry (jerry@sanbornwesterncamps. com) or Jane (jane@sanbornwesterncamps.com) or either at 719/748-3341.
We can discuss your desired level of involvement. You can be anonymous to “your camper” but you can also receive the unit photograph, counselor reports, thank-you letter,“what camp has meant to me” statement or any combination of the above.
*Payment plans can be arranged.
The “6th Annual Sanborn Night at the Rockies” was held on Saturday, July 30th!There were lots of stories and laughs shared during the “best ever” gathering of BS/HT staff from the 70’s! And the Rockies beat the LA Dodgers! Attendees included KEITH WILLIAMS (BS 64-67, 69; Staff 70-77), PAUL NELSON (BS Staff 75), PAT MURPHY (BS Staff 74-75), BEN NORTHCUTT (BS Staff 73-75) and wife Deborah, ACE McCANN (BS Staff 72-73, 76, 80-81) and wife, Lynn, MARK MUNGER (BS Staff 72, 75-76) and wife, Lauren, ANNE HEWSON (HT Staff 75) Keen, BOB (BS 67-71; Staff 72, 74, 76) and SARAH BAUSCH (BS Nurse 75-76) BENSON, and BOB LAYS (BS 65-70; Staff 71-78) and wife, Sue.
Look...we get it...email is SOOOO 2004...and don’t even get us started on the lack of newsy holiday letters these days. People are busy. And we also know how easy it is to send us three lines and a photo of what you and your kids or your kids’ kids are up to from your tweety-smarty device. Because of camp, we know you can do hard things. We believe in you.
alumnews@sanbornwesterncamps.com
was engaged on Top of the World last May. Greta’s fiancé, Rob Lipton, planned the proposal as a surprise for Greta. They were not daunted by a late May snow flurry, but Greta was surprised when they found her parents, Tracey and KARL OHAUS (BS 68-69, 72-75; Staff 77,79) along with her sisters SOPHIE OHAUS (HT99-08; Staff 11-12), HANNA OHAUS (HT 07-13) and brother KARL “MAX” OHAUS (BS 02-03, 08-09; Staff 13) waiting for them. Rob’s family was there as well. Greta reports that she was literally and figuratively on Top of the World!
BLAINE DANGEL (HT 92-96) is living (primarily) in Manhattan with her wife, Lauren, and their two dogs, Milo and Goose. Since they both work in tech, their in -office schedules are fairly flexible so they are building a house about 2 hours north of the city where they plan to spend about half of the time to get away from the hustle and bustle! “It’s no Colorado mountain view, but our land runs into a mountain range here called the Shawangunk mountains so it’s pretty peaceful!”
DAVID O’HARA (BS 04-12) graduated from SMU business school in Dallas last spring and has started work at Anheuser Busch Inbev in St. Louis.
GRETA OHAUS
(HT 02-10; Staff 13)
SCOTT GRIFFITH (BS Staff 84-80) retired from Boulder Valley School District in 2021 and is now teaching ground school for pilots at the Boulder Airport. He also works there two days a week. Scott’s and wife, Pia’s, daughters are now 20 and 23. In September, Scott completed his 35th consecutive Pikes Peak Ascent. Go Scott!
On October 1, 2022 SWC, HTOEC and COEC former and current staff, plus even a few current campers gathered at the Black Canyon Inn in Estes Park, Colorado to celebrate the marriage of ANNE SHINGLER (HT Staff 15-22) to EMILY BURNHAM (HT 07-13; Staff 16-22). Sanborn Marriage #83 was a celebration of love, camp and community and we were all very pleased to celebrate them in the mountains.
Anne and Emily’s relationship blossomed in the High Trails kitchen where they spent many hours washing dishes at the triple sink in the bakery, and making many trips to the dump. They have spent the last 5 years falling in love in Florissant while creating countless memories for campers and staff alike. Some of their highlights include endless tent parties, getting chanted into the pool, climbing mountains, and becoming pet parents to none other than Mabel, their fantastic coyote-doppelganger dog who also was their ringbearer. They have been, and are, a huge part of the COEC community as evidenced by the 75 Sanborn-affiliated guests in attendance.
With Rocky Mountain National Park’s Lumpy Ridge as a backdrop, the ceremony took place on a perfectly magnificent blue-sky late afternoon and was officiated by MARK RUTBERG (BS Staff 16-current). The wedding party included many current and former High Trails and
Big Spring staff members who were all very honored to be standing with Anne and Emily as they said their vows. Readers VAL PETERSON (HT Staff ‘12-’18) and SARAH KRUMHOLZ ADLER (HTOEC Staff 13-21) set the stage for Anne and Emily’s beautifully written vows.
While the ceremony was beautiful, peaceful and very touching; the reception turned into a full-blown, dance party, camp affair. Guests not related to camp were treated to renditions of “Chili-Chili” post dinner, an unsuccessful “round the venue you must go” after the cake was cut, a successful “oh let’s see Emily kiss Anne,” and a mid-dance party “Space Bun Anne” which had Anne (happily!) putting her hair into the funny buns on top of her head that High Trails campers love to see. In true camp fashion, the dance party had a live band playing many hits that everyone (including Jane Sanborn) danced late into the evening.
We are all very excited for Anne and Emily as they begin their married life together in Fort Collins, Colorado. We will miss them dearly in Florissant but know that they will visit often because they are already assigned to trash runs and dishes during the 75th Reunion in August 2023. Congratulations to the Shinglers…we give the entire celebration, and the rest of their life together, 5 out of 5 stars!
marriages, births & adoptions, life celebrations births:
Emily and ANDREW JONES (BS 02-05; Staff 08-10) a daughter, Coy Lathrop, born April, 2021 in Sacramento, CA (This is late because Andrew forgot to tell us. Oops!) Grandparents: Michael Jones and SALLY STEELE (HT 63-66) Libertyville, IL
Kegan Aldridge and MADELINE SAPPENFIELD (HT Staff 2018), a son, Bridger Kent, February 27, 2022 in Rapid City, SD
David and LAUREN WELSH (HT 93-95, 97) Sparrow, a daughter, Mary Virginia, July 12, 2022, in Houston, TX
Dylan and BRITTANY WAUNSCH (HT Staff 15) Morris, a daughter, Elizabeth Joy, April 29, 2022, in Colorado Springs
TAYLOR (SWC Staff 14-current) and MARTIE ADAMS (SWC Staff 14-20; TNP Staff 20current) JONES, a daughter, Juniper Lynn, May 11, 2022, in Colorado Springs, CO
Rob and MAYA OVRUTSKY (HT 97-04; Staff 07, 09-10) Bellon, a son, Asher Joseph, July 31, 2022, in Brooklyn, NY
Kenton and HANNAH DEARDORFF (HT 05-06, 08, 10-11; Staff 15) Rogg, a son, Kai
Laurence Rogg, August 11, 2022, in Kansas City, MO Grandparents: Teresa and BRET DEARDORFF (BS 71-75; Staff 81-82), Topeka, KS
Chris and SARAH MILLER (HT 06; Staff 11) Vaughan, a daughter, Miller “Millie” Vaughan, August 31, 2022 in Aspen, CO
Brent and MORGAN HENRY (HT Staff 01-04, 06) Anderegg, a daughter, Clara Alayne, September 2, 2022, in Denver, CO
Tye and MOLLEE HENDRICKS (HT Staff 16) Eldridge, a son, Clint James Eldridge, October 3, 2022, in Georgetown, TX
ASHLEY ROBIN (HT Staff 11-12; HTOEC 12) to Ben Rogers, July 16, 2022, in Tetonia, ID
JANIE COLE (HT Staff 11-16; HTOEC 13-14) to Casey Miller, May 14, 2022, in Chapel Hill, NC
LINDSAY WILLIAMS (HT 92-95) to Arthur “AJ” Miller, June 25, 2022, in Chicago, IL
ANNA SHAVER (HTOEC 06) to Mollie Lehman, July 16, 2022, in Denver, CO
JULIE CAMPBELL (HT Staff 04-06) to Anthony Bernado, August 9, 2022 in West Glacier, MT
DYLAN CRADDOCK (HT 05-13; Staff 16) to Luis Milburn, Sept 3, 2022, in Fountain, CO
AMANDA NOOTER (HT Staff) to Holden Rennaker, September 24, 2022, in Durango, CO
EMILY BURNHAM (HT 07-13; Staff 17-22) to ANNE SHINGLER (HT Staff 15-22), October 1, 2022, in Estes Park, CO
ROB McKNIGHT (BS 58-59; Staff 64) Feb 23, 1947—June 16, 2022
Bud Wobus’ book on local geology is now available: “The Big Flat, Colorado’s Subalpine Erosion Surface in the Southern Front Range. What’s Beneath, What’s Above, What Has Changed.” BUD (BS 54; Staff 60-68, HTOEC 69, 79; COEC Board 1998-current) recently retired from 55 years as a professor of geoscience, former head of the department, teacher, mentor, and research supervisor at Williams College.
In addition to his teaching tenure at Williams, Bud spent many seasons mapping and researching The Big Flat – “the extensive subalpine erosion surface of low relief that dominates much of the landscape of the Colorado Front Range”
88) the well-known, exacting and fantastic editor of Alpinist published her first book in 2021 about an infamous deception: The Riesenstein Hoax. Using a fake mountain range in British Columbia as her jumping-off point, she “explores the lure of blank spaces on the map and the value of the imagination. In Imaginary Peaks she details the
cartographical mystery of the Riesenstein Hoax within the larger context of climbing history and the seemingly endless quest for newly discovered peaks and claims of first ascents.”
Once she had demonstrated, at age 9, that she could “walk to Flint’s Pond and back without asking a grown-up for di-
in the center of Colorado from Colorado Springs to South Park along and near the 39 th parallel. Bud and his students often based at COEC while doing their field work and research. COEC is in the center of “the big flat” and many photos in the book were taken at camp and the Florissant area.
Bud’s geology career began in 1954 as a 13-year-old camper at Big Spring where he received an introduction to the Colorado mountains. His research and publishing include being the lead author of the Geologic Map of the Florissant 15-minute Quadrangle published in 1978 as well as an author on adjacent geologic quadrangles. These maps all provided data for the Geologic Map of Colorado, published in 1979, helping to interpret and understand the detailed geologic history of central Colorado.
The Big Flat is available in the bookstore at the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument and the Pikes Peak Historical Society Museum in Florissant. Mail order requests may be directed to Jerry McLain, Colorado Outdoor Education Center, P.O. Box 167, Florissant, CO 80816, 719-748-3341, jerry@sanbornwesterncamps.com. The price of $24.00 includes shipping and sales tax.
rections,” Katie’s mother let her “roam the forest at will.” Her love for exploration was futher nurtured on family trips to the Cascades, at camp, and in the depths of her imagination. What drew her to the mountains and to distant summits were the same fantasties, wonderings and possibility that have captivated mountaineers and explorers for centuries.
She writes in Imaginary Peaks, “I’d experienced something similar at age twelve, during a summer camp trip in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado....I’d wandered off by myself across a deep meadow. In the sunset, the tall grass turned into translucent threads of spun gold. Alpenglow shone pink along a skyline of distant peaks. Shadows of ponderosa groves enfolded me. All at once, I thought I knew the purpose of my life. I wanted to remain in that state of awe and wonder always, though I had no idea how to do so, or what that moment actually meant.”
We are certainly happy she continues to explore the mindset and mysteries of the mountains in this well-written, engaging and thoroughly researched book. Imaginary Peaks is available on Amazon in both Kindle and hardback formats.
It has received a 2022 Banff Mountain Book Competition Special Jury Mention.
Congratulations, Katie!
We are excited to announce that Colorado Outdoor Education Center has just completed the purchase of 207 acres of new property near Pott’s Spring Meadow. The property was an inholding when Sandy and Laura first purchased the property surrounding it and just recently came on the market. Extremely well-maintained by its previous owners, it consists of open pine forest and rocky bluffs with spectacular views of Pikes Peak, the Sangre de Cristo Range, Mueller State Park and more. The land will provide COEC with opportunities to develop trail systems connecting the Potts area to PPRS and to the Witcher Fish Pond area.
We know that Sanborn campers will enjoy helping us explore the new land next summer while hiking, horseback riding, rock scrambling, and mountain biking. There is also a beautiful residence, a large shed, functional greenhouse and a fun gazebo on the new land. Stay tuned for more information on how these outstanding facilities will be used in the future.
This purchase was made possible by a generous gift from the Estate of BOB BUCHOLZ (BS 56, 62; Staff 66) in 2016. We are grateful to Bob’s wife, Marybeth Ezaki, and his three daughters Emily, Claire, and Hana.
On a beautiful spring day, more than 45 alums and their family members joined us to complete some important pre-camp work projects. This was the largest number of volunteers who have participated in one of our work day events and they accomplished a lot!
As always, we had plenty of branches and slash to pick up in order to help protect the camps from wildfire. This year, we focused on the areas around the ARK and HKL Ridges at Big Spring. Enthusiastic slash workers included CHRIS TREESE and wife, Amy, BOB AND SUE LAYS, DONNA ROSE SERVAS Gelzer, LEIGH WALD McMahon and son, OWEN, TIM CAMPBELL and HOLLY ARCHER and husband, Chris Howorth. A special thank-you to ROB JOLLY, who spent several days trimming trees before the work day in order to make sure we had plenty to pick up. We did!
rifice made by this team. Fittingly, they all spent time living in the tents. They include: MATTHEW HUFFMAN, WILL BRIGHT-FRARE, BEN NORTHCUTT, ACE McCANN, MIKE MATZELLE, ELLIOT DALE and CHUCK WAGNER.
Another project related to long term forest and meadow health involved the removal of hundreds of small Ponderosa trees which were threatening to take over our meadows and roadsides. This intrepid crew included siblings SUSAN, STEVE, AND ROBYN RISSMAN as well at ROB TAYLOR and his partner, Cathy, and long-time friend David Fussell and his grandson ALEX BONILLA.
Another crew, headed by DAN MILLER and his paint sprayer, painted the East and North sides of the Big Spring Barn. He was joined by LIBBY HAMILTON MALONE and SAM and MEGAN CLOVER CARKHUFF. Well, actually, Megan spent most of her time making sure that young sons Lyle and Boyce did not become covered in red paint, but that was a worthy effort, too.
Also contributing to getting Big Spring up and running, JEFF SLADEWSKI, Scott Dietel, and ETHAN MILLER moved bed frames to the tents.
Carefully selected for their ability to paint neatly, KAREN CUTLER Zirger, CAROLYN MOZLEY Beiser, CAROLYN FAYART Campbell, CHRIS SKAN, and Jerre Fussell refreshed the white trim on several buildings at Big Spring as well as the High Trails arena.
GEORGE ANSFELD and daughter JOJO POPIK joined staff member KRISTA WHITE and several members of her family in repainting the High Trails Stables.
While most of the crews slaved away at Big Spring, one group headed to High Trails to rake pine needles, pick up slash, prepare flower beds and other beautification projects. BETSY LONGENECKER and husband David Dietel, Marybeth Ezaki and daughter HANA BUCHOLZ Larson, and PIPER STURGIS and her mother, Emily, did a great job of preparing for the summer at High Trails.
A large group helped Mark and PJ prepare for raising the Big Spring tents by staining Big Spring tent frames. Although we are no longer painting the tents green (some of you still have clothing spotted with green paint) the stain is still a messy business and we appreciate the clothing sac-
Following the day of hard work, everyone met back at The Nature Place for a fun social hour and delicious dinner. It was wonderful to see everyone and we are incredibly grateful for all of their help.
April 30, 2022
It was a close call, but the brand-new Big Spring Health Center was open for business on the first day of Second Session last summer. Well, there may have been a few doorknobs that still needed installed and a minor plumbing glitch in one of the bathrooms, but the nurses were moved in and able to welcome campers and parents on Opening Day. One of the parents who saw the completed building for the first time was alum DAN MILLER who was the architect for the project.
In addition to the nurses’ quarters, the Health Center contains two ward rooms and a shared bath, two isolation rooms with a shared bath, a kitchen, a welcoming living room, and an exam room (a first in any of our Health Centers). The back of the building has 4 bathrooms for boys heading for the stables, trips, or other activities as well as a roomy deck and a special room for program work and meetings.
It is the front deck that immediately made the nurses fall in love with the building though. With a great view of the whole camp as well as spectacular evening skies, they were often found sitting on the front porch chatting with staff
and campers who dropped by.
The Health Center was funded by the Sanborn Tomorrow Capital Campaign with significant donations made by Lauren and ROGER CAMERON. It is a wonderful addition to our facilities and we are incredibly grateful.
The Witchers were successful ranchers and influential citizens of Colorado. In 1915 The Cañon City Daily Record noted in Walter Witcher’s and Ellen Vaseen’s marriage announcement that Walter was one of the youngest ranchers in the area. Ellen’s family from Sweden tried their hand in the Cripple Creek gold rush. Instead they spun gold from milk with a successful dairy. Walter and Ellen had no children. Ellen died in 1949 and rests in the Fourmile Cemetary south of Florissant. Walter Witcher was married to Grace Milner in 1952 who taught at Cripple Creek High School and was the Superintendent of Teller County Schools.
The ranches Walter’s father, J.R., established grew with cattle spread over thirty or forty square miles from Pike’s Peak in the east, Florissant in the north, Black Mountain in the West, and Rice Mountain just north of Cañon City in the south. As early as 1893 JR had driven 3,500 cattle north from Texas. In those days, it was open range in Colorado. Imagine all that land and no barbed wire. Sure would have made horse trips and backpacks easier!
If you had been on a Witcher cattle roundup in those early ranching years, the roundups would not have been easier! Imagine tracking down the cattle in all those mountains, gullies, trees, and rocks. Some of the cattle, being wild grazed, became wild, too. What may take seconds to rope the steer in a rodeo arena may take a cowboy half a day to track down the wild wily beef to rope and handle. The day almost always began with a bucking horse exhibition until and if the horse settled down. Those wild or near wild cattle were branded with the nickname “moss horns.” In the book Under the Angel of Shavano it is noted that cattle are like people, all sorts. Some docile and willing goers, some drag back, and some are “outlaws that can run like a greyhound with horns and fight like a lion when cornered. Many an old time cowboy really loved them and would rather run wild cattle than do anything else as it was a sport comparable to English people’s fox and hounds.”
Running a cattle operation was a big part of the ranch which had other interests, too. The Witcher family ran a meat market, sawmill, and lumber yard in Cripple Creek with another meat market in growing Cañon City. J.R. homesteaded The Teaspoon Ranch northeast of Guffey on Witcher Mountain. The family’s ranches had done so well that in 1907, the Witcher Family made the largest cattle deal
ever in South Park. Eight thousand cattle were transported on the Colorado Midland Railroad which ran through Eleven Mile Canyon, originally called Granite Canyon, on its way from Colorado Springs to Leadville. The town of Howbert, depot and tracks are now submerged by Eleven Mile Reservoir.
J.R. passed away in 1911 having suffered a stroke while traveling to Niagara Falls with his second wife, Laura Belle. He left his ranch to her since his other children had ranches. Walter Witcher was living on his ranch in 1965 when he sold the ranch, which included Fishcreek, to Sandy and Laura and it became part of Sanborn Western Camps. After leaving the ranch, Walter went to live in Cripple Creek in failing health. He passed away in 1967 at the age of eightyfive. Roger Sanborn and Jerry McLain were among the honored pallbearers for the Cripple Creek remembrance. Cañon City became his final resting place in the Witcher family plot. Walter Witcher’s ranch is today much beloved by Sanborn’s campers and staff.
The Witcher family rounded up cattle and horses nearly to the horizon as part of every day ranching. On a threeday horse trip or five-day backpack the happy campers may never really leave what was once the range of Witcher Ranch. Maybe next time you hike through Fish Creek, gaze toward the horizon from Little Blue, or memories of camp trips brighten your days you’ll give a nod and a grin to those hardy Witchers who were there, too.
“This morning we stood gazing on the beauties of nature, our eyes fell on Witcher Mountain…”
—Laura Belle Witcher
Thank you to:
The Flume, October 26, 2012, Laura van Dusen, Correspondent
Under the Angel of Shavano, The Witcher Round-up-1906, George C. Everett, Dr. Wendell F Hutchinson
Frontier Times, 100 Years on the SW, Paul L. Huntley
and to Jerry McLain, Sage of the West
We are incredibly grateful to the following alums who continue to make generous donations honoring their ongoing pledges to the Sanborn Tomorrow Capital Campaign. Many, many of you have donated or fulfilled your pledges to the Capital Campaign. Thank-you.
DENALI CLUB
$500,000--$999,999
Ken Wallace
MT. ELBERT CLUB
$150,000--$249,999
Mia Fisher & William Pollack
In memory of Angela Fisher
LA PLATA CLUB
$50,000 – $99,999
Barb Rowley,Taylor Middleton, Anna and Kate Middleton
In honor of Jane Sanborn
MT. ANTERO CLUB
$20,000 – $49,999
Pat and Hank Hemingway
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh O’Kane
In honor of Jerry McLain
Jim “Herc” Roth
Victoria and Frank Williams
QUANDARY PEAK CLUB
$10,000 – $19,999
Steve and Katy Smith Abbott
Lisa Rudolph Cushman Family In memory of Sandy and Laura
“The Fab Five”
Julie Micou Cerf, Mary “Bunny” Porter. Lisa Schneck, Kathy Medlock Tuteur, Kathy Yanuck Wenger
Doug and Kay Seessel Rawlings
Bud Wobus
In memory of Sherry Whitcher Wobus
MT. PRINCETON CLUB
$5,000 – $9,999
Jake, Olivia, Noah & Zoe Colley
Rob and Connie McWilliams Friesen
Levi & Elizabeth Rundle Marable
Matt and Ariella Randle Rogge
In honor of Jane Sanborn
Sandra and Denny Weber
Harris and Virginia Malmo White
In honor of Jane Sanborn
MT. BELFORD CLUB
$2,500 – $4,999
Anne Shingler
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MT. OXFORD CLUB
$1,000 – $2,499
Kitty Bliss, Mimi and Maggie James
In honor of Alice Robinson Levy
Bill and Amy Sawyer Daniher
Judy and Roger Proffitt
Mark Shelton
In memory of Patsy and John Shelton
Jessie Spehar
PIKES PEAK CLUB
$500--$999
Anonymous
In memory of Sam Jenkins
ADDITIONAL DONOR
Gary Missner
We are also grateful for the following Annual Fund donations we have received between January 1, 2022 and October 15th, 2022.
$100,000 and above
Lauren & Roger Cameron
Estate of William Comley
$10,000 – 99,999
2022 Big Spring Summer Staff
Peggy Seessel Trust
Bud Wobus
In memory of Sherry Whitcher Wobus
FISH CREEK
$5,000 – 9,999
Anonymous
Allen Family Foundation
Andy, John, and Phil Allen
Ali & Ramsay Behnam
Mary Bracken Swanson
Renaissance Charitable Foundation
Chris & Mike McCarthy
Rachel & Scott Stack
$2,000 – 4,999
Pete & Karla Breitenstein
Lauren Davis
The Charles G. and Kathleen G. Cannon Family Fund
Donohue Family Foundation
Claire Donohue
Helen Clay Frick Foundation
Laura Jenney Roe
John & Lolly Gepson
Hendricks Family Fund
Janet P. Hendricks
2022 High Trails Summer Staff
Mike & Carolyn Schiele Murray
Jack Samuels
Jane McAtee Sanborn
Maximus Stetich
SUNDAY ROCKS
$1,000 – 1,999
Anna Gordon
2022 HTOEC Spring Staff
Katharine Mann
Mark “Flounder” Mobley
“In memory and spirit of Bob Mobley”
Nancy Shiffler
Jill, Dave, & Natalie Weaver
Bud Wobus
In memory of Margaret Whitcher
$500 – 999
Anonymous (2)
Tom & Susan Eschenroeder
Greg Euston, Sr
Reinhard “Shrimp” Goethert
Chris & Suz Gepson Hagen
Jeff Horner
Hope Anderson Kapsner
The Phil LaFortune Family
Jerry & Betty McLain
In memory of Kristin McLain
David O’Hara
Steve & Kristin Mueller Pillsbury
In memory of Max Barry
Charlie & Muffy Rice
Robyn Rissman
Lisa Schneck
Jessie Spehar
Eames & Pam Taylor Yates
Dorothy “Sam” Kindred Yewer
In honor of Jane Sanborn
B BLUFF
$250 – 499
The Carrie Brown-Wolf Family
Christopher & Vanessa Chandler
Taylor Emanuels
Emily Peters Johnson
Levi & Elizabeth Rundle Marable
Kody Maynard
Peter & Katie McKee
Bonnie & Mark Miller-McLemore
In honor of Chris, Sarah, & Cade Ulizio
Logan Parr
Ariella Randle Rogge
In honor of Anne & Emily Shingler
Kathy Ruekberg
In memory of Joe Ruekberg
Sarah & Chris “B.C.”
Miller-McLemore Ulizio
WITCHER ROCKS
Amazon Smile Foundation
Susan Mackin Anderson
Stephanie Ayres
Tim Baier
Jackson Baker
Carolyn Mosley Beiser
Hadley Browning
Claire Bucholz & Devin McPhillips
Finn Burns
Rob Catterton & Gwynn O’Gara
Will Coleman
Caroline Daniher
Ed & Heather DeCourreges
Cassidy Dickson
Chris Dickson
Maddy Dietrich
Mikelle DiLorenzo
Callie Donaldson
Alex & Diane Eaton
Simms Ehrlich
Caitlin Eschenroeder
In honor of Tom Eschenroeder
Jenny & Tim Ewing
In honor of Linda & John O’Hara
Colby Fewster
Paul Fouts
Logan & Chelsea Neidenthal Fritts
Chuck & Betsy Friedrichs
Sully Gill
Emma Greenbeg
Julia Gulliver
Madeline Halabi
Rachel, Brad, & Chris Hauck
Adam Hureau
Chace Hutchings
Jeremy Iloulian
In honor of Mike MacDonald
Kathy Miller Krogh
Mark & Kathy Ryden Larson
Joy Leslie
In memory of David C. Trowbridge
Alex Levering
Carly Liebich
Sam Marsh
Andrea McCrady
Jane & Jay Metcalf
On behalf of Emily and Linnea Metcalf
In memory of Bob Bucholz and
Roger Sanborn
Kate Middleton
Sydney Parker
Mike Rainey
Josiah Barron Ramirez
Julie Rasmussen
Ardie Reed
Ben & Katie Friesen Reneker
Michael Rodriguez
Liza Roe
Madeline Rowley
Carolyn Rundle
Scott Savage
Emily Siegel
Andy Smith
Lu Sultze
Francesca Tashjian
In memory of Peter Whiteley
Meg McKean Taylor
Ford Thompson
Judy Vaughan
In memory of William Comley
WJ Interests
In memory of Max Barry
On behalf of Steve &
Kristin Mueller Pillsbury
Bailey Walker
Fallon Warshauer
Jack Whittle
Bill Wilson
Jim Zinser
Several contributors have chosen to make a gift through beneficiary designation in their wills, IRAs, 401k (or similar) plans or life insurance policies. If you have done so or desire to do so, please let us know so that we can make you a member of Forever Sanborn, a group of donors who have made COEC a part of their estate planning.
There is a longstanding connection between Sanborn and Colorado College. Beyond notable grads (Jane Sanborn, ‘70, Ariella Rogge, ‘96), many former campers are drawn to CC for its unique academic environment, its proximity to the mountains, its commitment to environmental stewardship, and its strong emphasis on healthy communities.
Apparently CC is also drawn to the fortitude, academic commitment, passion for the outdoors and, more often than not, a Common App essay that is about individual growth experienced in the Colorado mountains.
All of that said, we still found it to be INCREDIBLE that NINE first year students (Class of 2027) are former Sanborn campers. To celebrate, we invited current and former CC students (and SWC staff and campers), local Colorado Springs alums, and our year round leadership team to welcome the first years back to Colorado with ice cream from our favorite local ice cream shop, Josh and John’s, near the Colorado College campus.
With ARIELLA RANDLE ROGGE moving into our new Director of Sanborn Camps role, we are very excited to welcome Krista White to Sanborn as our next High Trails Director! Krista is a long time camper who has been working in summer camps since she was seventeen years old.
Her first summer at High Trails was in 2016 as the Arts and Crafts Director, during which she most memorably crafted current COEC Executive Director, ELIZABETH RUNDLE MARABLE, a
It was fun to catch up with our former campers and to connect them with local alums (there were some conversations about babysitting and going rock climbing). We also hope many of these students will apply to work at camp at some point! We are so excited they are all back in Colorado!
wedding dress made out of the lodge’s red vinyl tablecloths. Most recently, she was the Summer 2022 In-Camp Program Director, resident Big Foot impersonator, Gymkhana caller/ rodeo queen, Fairy Hair installer, and Harry Potter magic maker.
Over her years in camping, she has held many roles including, Barn Director, Pilates Instructor, Adventure Staff, Art Barn Fairy, Registrar, Program Director and more.
Krista graduated from Appalachian State University with a degree in Recreation Management: Outdoor Experiential Education and a minor in Business. She sits on the Local Council of Leaders for the ACA, Rocky Mountain, as chairperson of the Emerging Professionals In Camping and is an ambassador for the NASA GLOBE Goes to Camp program.
She lives at camp and in Aurora, CO with husband Phil and dog, Miles.
Help us celebrate our 75th anniversary by returning to Big Spring and High Trails for a long weekend of what else?—camp fun and friendship. Bring your spouse, bring your kids, bring your camp friends. These events only occur every five years, so don’t miss this one!
We will be horseback riding, mountain climbing, mountain biking, rock climbing, and hiking to all of our favorite places: Top of the World, A-Bluff, Little Blue, the Bat Caves and Fossil Beds, the Witcher Ranch, the Quick Homestead, Fishcreek, and Lost Lake. We’ll offer geology and natural history hikes if you would like to learn a little something while you are here. And, we’ll provide special programming for children (it’s what we do!)
We will have campfires, carnivals, singing, skits, and plenty of time to reconnect with old friends and with the natural places you remember. The food will be superior—including s’mores, snickerdoodles, red velvet cake, Chippy Dippy Bars, and all those camp treats you can still taste. And we’ll even provide some adult bug juice at appropriate times.
Housing Choices (Price includes all meals from Thursday dinner to Sunday brunch, all activities, and entertainment—planned and unplanned. A $100 deposit is required for each adult—it will be fully refunded for cancellations received before June 1, 2023)
Option A:
Stay at The Nature Place studio apartments: $600/adult; double or family occupancy*
Option B:
Stay at High Trails (cabins): $350/Adult*
Option C:
Stay at Big Spring (tents, yurts, or cabins): $350/ adult*
Option D:
Housing elsewhere or pitch your own tent: $225/adult
*Children under the age of 5 are free; children 5-16 are $175 for the weekend.
____ Yes, I’ll be at the Sanborn Camps 75th Anniversary Reunion August 17-20, 2023
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____My child(ren) will be joining us too.
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Florissant, CO 80816 Register ONLINE: bit.ly/SWC75register
Choose your Housing Option: (based on availability)
Return this registration with a $100 per adult deposit to reserve your place.
Deposits are fully refundable for cancellations received before June 1, 2023
Sanborn Western Camps PO Box 167
We can provide transportation from the Colorado Springs Municipal Airport to Camp (and back again!) Let us know your flight details when they are available.
Without attempting to paraphrase David Brooks’ amazing editorial in The New York Times on August 4, 2022,
What Is It About Friendship That Is So Powerful? we will only say this: Yes.
As we were reading the article, which acknowledges that friendships which cross class, race, gender and experience lines enliven our senses, enrich our lives and deepen our sense of purpose and connectedness on this planet, we kept thinking, “This happens at camp. These friendships occur at camp. Camp is where this happens for kids right now. Camp is the greatest place in the universe!” So when Brooks’ finally reaches the end of his piece and talks about HIS summer camp–we may or may not have let out a triumphant hoot…and we also think he might have missed one part: how we actually MAKE friends in “unexpected” places.
Making friends is a skill–and making friends with people who don’t look like you, think like you, or respond to situations like you is a challenging task for most adults in this country these days–so why are our campers so well positioned to make, and keep, friends while they are at camp?
Geography: We seek a sense of connection and belonging to our most immediate living unit. By building a core foundation of consistent, caring individuals, over the course of a summer camp season, that regular interaction with the same people builds confidence in and develops new interpersonal skills. Campers might connect with other individuals throughout the days and weeks, but they always return to their living units, to those core “home base” groups where they are known, appreciated and have the deepest connections and friendships.
Access: Kids at camp do not have access to their computers, phones or other devices while at camp. They are not fragmented and do not have the “illusion of certainty” that comes from engaging
with a “world” from the comfort of their bed, able to idly swipe past individuals or situations that don’t interest them. At camp, on the other hand, they have to engage with real people, day in and day out, and respond to the idiosyncrasies and emotions of those around them.
Challenge: We do hard things at camp. We wake up extremely early to climb mountains and “hawk” our horses. We squat in “lightning position” in Aspen groves during really intense thunderstorms. We have to eat food that doesn’t taste quite right and drink iodine treated water. We have to sleep on uneven ground with people sliding into us all night long. We learn how to compromise and be curious instead of getting frustrated with our friends for not being like us or for not understanding who we are (or for accidentally pushing us off of our sleeping pads).
Near Peer Role Models: Our emerging adult staff are neither irresponsible kids nor jaded adults. They are THE adults in this space and they take their roles very seriously. These counselors model inclusivity, kindness, openness, caring and a genuine desire to know and to see each and every camper in their living units, activities and trips. They see the value and strength in each camper and, in turn, those campers have a safe foundation from which to take calculated social and physical risks: talking to a new person, discovering I am strong enough to climb a mountain, asking for help and watching how adults can make and keep friends in a small community. But they are not parents and they see the world differently. Having a variety of adult perspectives within a singular living unit or on a trip leading team or while playing a game of Gagaball provides campers with a wealth of intra- and interpersonal skills they can try on and try out both at and beyond camp as they seek to build new friendships and interact with others.
At camp, Brooks’ writes, “We learned about one another’s worlds and created the joint world out of our own
friendships. We learned a capacity that I wouldn’t have been able to name until decades later — social range.” The social range at Sanborn is vast and deep and encompasses almost 75 years of incredible summer experience and an unfathomable amount of small, trajectory shifting moments for every individual who has been a part of a summer here. It is a “joint world” that Sandy and Laura Sanborn created out of a desire to create a place where people could recognize they had more in common than not. A place where people could discover their shared humanity and build friendships based on real-life, shared experiences…not only on favorite popular cultural references or material goods.
At the end of High Trails long trip week, campers regale the lodge with their triumphant trip songs . The joy can be heard in their voices as they rewrite pop songs into new lyrical versions that capture the stories of their trips, but it is the pride they feel as they walk to the front of the lodge that is so palpable. Many of them did something on their trip that not a single one of their friends at home will have done this summer or ever. Many stood on the summit of a 14,000 foot mountain; many rode horses for 6, 7, 8 hours a day, miles and miles away from any roads; all of them slept in sleeping bags in tents they set up themselves; all of them had moments of collective triumph as well as moments of individual self-doubt; and all of them found strength, support, laughter and encouragement in the friends and staff who were with them on these journeys.
While talking to a staff member from the Harvard/Yale trip on the drive home, she commented, “I don’t think I will ever forget this” and she won’t, and the campers won’t, because they have accomplished something incredible with a community of individuals who “have realized how fun it is to resist the natural temptation to hang out with people like themselves” and who have had the courage to come to camp.
-Ariella Rogge-Avery Allen, 12 Rachel and ROBERT “BOBBY” ALLEN (BS 90Reese Allen, 10 92; Staff 2000) Wylie, TX
Grandparents: Diane and JOHN ALLEN (BS 63-68; Staff 70-71)
Tulsa, OK
Jack Barber, 15 BRIAN BARBER (BS 86, 87-88)
Oklahoma City, OK
Jackmond Batchelor, 14 Margaret Reilly and TREY BATCHELOR (BS 75-76) Los Angeles, CA
Clyde Beatty, 14 Stephanie Parrott and DIXON BEATTY (BS 78-79)
Oakland, CA
Jayden Bentley, 9 ANNA PATTERSON (HT 95-97) Basalt, CO
Molly Berger, 9
Grandfather: BART BERGER (BS 60-65; Staff 66) Littleton, CO
Wyatt Blair, 14 Adam and MARIANNE LEFILS (HT 96) Blair
Osteen, FL
Grandmother: SUSIE STROUD (HT 71-72) LeFils Deltona, FL
Finn Blue, 14 Jesse and DEBORAH DORSEY (HT 83-84) Blue
Lake Forest Park, WA
Athena Bohnen, 13 Kaitlyn and PATRICK BOHNEN (BS 97-07; Artemis Bohnen, 10 Staff 08) Colorado Springs, CO
Henry Borden, 11 Laurie and JERRY BORDEN (BS 91-92)
Chicago, IL
Oliver Bradley, 8 Taylor and ALICE JACKSON (HT 97-98) Bradley
Fort Worth, TX
Aneesa Bretag, 11 NIKKI (SWC Staff 14-21) and DAVID
Melissa Bretag, 8 (SWC Staff 15-16) BRETAG Florissant, CO
Kaden Bright-Frare, 8 Todd and WILL BRIGHT (BS 91-96; Staff 99)-Frare Denver, CO
Atticus Brown, 15 COURTNEY SANDERSON (HT Staff 06)
Kansas City, MO
Baylyn Burgett, 16 BEN BURGETT (BS 89-94; Staff 99-01)
Englewood, CO
Oliver Burnette, 12 Grandmother: JAN WELLS (HT 65-66) Hooker
Spring Hill, TN
Zach Callahan, 15 Jim and REBECCA KUCKER (HT 86-89)
Sarah Callahan, 13 Callahan Lone Tree, CO
Elizabeth Cameron, 10 Amy and SCOTT CAMERON (BS 85)
Olathe, KS
Grandparents: Pam and FRED CAMERON (d) (BS 59-62; Staff 60’s) Kingston, WA
Owen Casselman, 16 Aaron and MEGAN FOSTER (HT 87-91; Staff 93-94) Casselman
Highlands Ranch, CO
Leo Chamberlain, 16 Ann and DAVID CHAMBERLAIN
Max Chamberlain, 16 (BS 84-85) Burnsville, MN
Mimi Chandler, 16 Vanessa and CHRISTOPHER CHANDLER (BS 86) Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Oliver Chase, 11 MATTHEW CHASE (BS 89-90)
Teddy Chauner, 14 Ramona and ANDREW CHAUNER (BS 89-90)
Molly Chauner, 12 Northbrook, IL
Peyton Clay, 11 Jordan and KATIE McKEE (HT 96-97) Clay Wynnewood, PA
Ava Cooper, 16 STEVE (BS Staff 95,99) and JENNY SMITH (HT Staff 99) COOPER Singapore
Sawyer Copaken, 14 Ellen and JAMIE COPAKEN (BS 84-86, Miles Copaken, 10 88; Staff 94) Mission Hills, KS
Vaughn Copaken, 8
Roxie Coughlin, 11 Curtis Coughlin and KATIE CHATFIELD (HT 8687) Aurora, CO
Silas Covington, 12 Grandfather: CHRIS COVINGTON (BS 68) Tulsa, OK
George Cowan, 7 Jace and DARCY AUSTIN (93, 96-97) Cowan Leawood, KS
Maureen Cruz, 10 MEGAN COLEMAN (HT 95-97) Prospect Heights, IL
Lucy Daoust, 12 Mark and ELIZABETH DUBINSKY (HT 92-96; Annie Daoust, 10 Staff 98) Daoust Orinda, CA
Phoebe Daoust, 9
Sasha Denenberg, 15 Steve and TIPPI MAGID (HT 76-83; Staff
Solomon Denenberg, 10 86-89) Denenberg Omaha, NE
Henry Densmore, 11 John and EMILY MYRICK (HT 82-87; Staff 91) Densmore Whitefish Bay, WI
Grandparents: Jay and SUSAN UPTEGROVE (HT Staff 64-65)
Myrick, St. Augustine, FL
Kylie Diamond, 13 Jesse and ALEXIS BAIZER (HT 90-96) Diamond Lafayette, CO
Greyson Dillman, 14 William Dillman and MELISSA TODD (HT 83-84) Toledo, OH
Bodi Dodson, 12 Courtney and BRENNAN DODSON (BS 87) Bozeman, MT
Preston Dorris, 16 Grandparents: Sue and GEORGE DORRIS III
David Dorris, 10 (BS 54-55) St. Louis, MO
Jacob Down, 10 Jacob and CARRIE SMALLEY (HT 89-97; Staff Tommy Down, 8 98) Down Carbondale, CO
Jillian Dreher, 11
Veronica and JON DREHER (BS 90-92) Bellevue, WA
Thomas Dymbort, 13 Jason Dymbort and LAURA FORMAN (HT 87-88) Westfield, NJ
Carter Edwards, 17 Grandfather: CHARLES SWEET (BS Staff 67-70, 72) Lakewood Ranch, FL
Wheeler Ehrlich, 16 Stacy and JAMES EHRLICH (BS 77-79) Austin, TX
Taylor Endecott, 12 Craig and LAURA JONES (HT 95-98) Endecott
Parker Endecott, 10 Baldwin City, KS
Grandfather: RICHARD JONES (BS 58) Shawnee Mission, KS
Gigi Euston, 8 Angie and GEOFF EUSTON (BS 82-84) Chicago, IL
Grandparents: Helen and GREG EUSTON, SR (BS 55-57; Staff 59-60) Jacksonville, FL
Jacob Farhy, 16 Mette Deleuran and JEFF FARHY (BS 81-83) Radnor, PA
Ava Ferrell, 16 Mike Ferrell and EMILY GORDON (HT 93-95)
Deacon Ferrell, 12 Wynnewood, PA
Edie Ferrell, 10
George Fitzpatrick, 14 CAROLINE BURKE (HT 88-90; Staff 94)
Fitzpatrick San Mateo, CA
James Foster, 14 JED FOSTER (BS 86-89) Winnetka, IL
Michael Foster, 14
Matthew Foster, 11
Beatrice Foster, 9 Abigail and MIKE FOSTER (BS 78-80) Pittsburgh, PA
Sophie Frankfurt, 15 Ali and WILL FRANKFURT (BS 82) Denver, CO
Peyton Freeman, 12 DEBORAH CHARLES (HT 83) Freeman Denver, CO
Kai Garber, 10 Jennifer Wargo and HAVEN GARBER (HT Staff 03) Houston, TX
Anden Garner, 12 Grandparents: Susan and LARRY VAN’T HUL
Emberly Garner, 7 (SWC Staff) Divide, CO
Blake Garner, 12 Tyler and LAUREN DACHELET (HT 89-92)
Emma Garner, 9 Garner Kenilworth, IL
Justus Gaub, 16 Regina and HEINZ GAUB (BS 80-81) Berlin, Germany
Allegra Gelose, 12 Paul Gelose and CAROLYN LAMB (HT 79-82; Staff 89) Durango, CO
Ava Geurian, 15 Sara and JOSH GEURIAN (BS 99; Staff 99-01)
Chloe Geurian, 12 Colwich, KS
Milo Geurian, 10
Jack Giddens, 10 David and MAGGIE DOOLEY (HT 94-96)
Eleanor Giddens, 8 Giddens Dallas, TX
Charlie Goldcamp, 14 John and STEPHANIE CHAUNER (HT 85) Goldcamp Northbrook, IL
Eve Goldsmith, 14 John and KATE MONTGOMERY (HT 89-
Colin Goldsmith, 12 91) Goldsmith New Providence, NJ
Peter Goldsmith, 10
Henry Gugliuzza, 10 Nicholas Gugliuzza and COURTNEY NUNNS (HT 92-93) Westlake Village, CA
Kai Guimaraes, 11 Roberto and KEYA GILL LUI (HT 89-91)
Guimaraes Kapaa, HI
William Hagen, 9 Chris and SUZANNE GEPSON (HT 86-90; Staff 92, 94) Hagen Northbrook, IL
Carston Harris, 14 Richard and DEBBE COWELL (HT Staff 82-83)
Lisette Harris, 12 Harris Naperville, IL
Catherine Clark Harrison, 8 Alice Grey and COREY HARRISON (BS 91) Greenville, SC
Holden Hartman, 15 Shannon Silva and TIM HARTMAN (BS 81-83) Denver, CO
Maisie Hauth, 14 Jennifer and CHRIS HAUTH (BS Staff 96-02)
Frankie Hauth, 11 Bend, OR
Jack Hayes, 16 LEE HAYES (BS 82-85) Kansas City, MO
Martin Hazlehurst, 15 Rachel Katz and SAM HAZLEHURST
Cora Hazlehurst, 11 (BS 87-90, 93) Waterville, ME
Hayes Hellebusch, 15 Louis and MEREDITH SILVERBERG (HT 92-95) Hellebusch Glencoe, IL
Lucas Hennings, 11 Christie Godwin and TODD HENNINGS (BS 79-84; Staff 88) Atlanta, GA
William Hewson, 13 Iva and WILLIAM HEWSON (BS 74-75) Manchester, MA
Harper Hoglund, 10 Ben and AVERY CUSHMAN (HT 91-00; Staff
Taft Hoglund, 9 03-04) Hoglund Manchester, NH
Grandparents: Michael and LISA RUDOLPH (HT 68-71; Staff 72-78) Cushman
Avery Holmes, 11 Jared and SARA ANDERSON (HT 88-93; Staff 97-00) Holmes Denver, CO
Grandparents: Ann and RICK ANDERSON (BS 58-64; Staff 66, 70) Omaha, NE
Keijiro Hoshizaki, 10 Takayuki and NAOKO INOUE (HT 87, 89) Hoshizaki Concord, CA
Kentaro Hoshizaki, 12 Grandparents: Kaoru and YOSHI INOUE
Komei Hoshizaki, 7 (BS Staff 63) Fukuoka, Japan
Scarlett Huffman, 12 Heather and MATTHEW HUFFMAN (BS 85; Staff 89-93,14-16) Colorado Springs, CO
Alexis Hunt, 15 Sophie and BRIAN HUNT (BS 82-85; Staff 90,
Henri Hunt, 13 94) Austin, TX
Kamryn Johnson, 13 Jessica and NICK JOHNSON (BS 97)
Queen Creek, AZ
Grandmother: LINDA ROBERTSON-CONNE (HT 63, 65)
Colorado Springs, CO
Sophia Joslyn, 9 Nichole and ROB JOSLYN (BS 72-76 Monument, CO
Cash Keim, 13 Ronna and DAVID KEIM (BS 85-86; Staff 94, 96) Kalispell, MT
Lane Kimball, 15 Leslie and PETER KIMBALL (BS 88-89; Staff 96) Bethesda, MD
Grandparents: Rosemary and RAY KIMBALL (BS 68) Bethesda, MD
Wyatt Lager, 14 Meredith and CHRIS LAGER (BS 88-91; Staff 98-99) Lakewood, CO
Daniel Lawson, 14 Edwina and DAN LAWSON (BS 76-77) Pullman, WA
Jacqueline LeFils, 14 Heather and GREGORY LEFILS (BS 96)
Veltona, FL
Grandmother: SUSIE STROUD (HT 71-72) LeFils Deltona, FL
Callum Legendre, 15 Thomas Legendre and ALLYSON STACK ( HT 83) Edinburgh, Scotland
Antonia Lhevine, 15 PAUL LHEVINE (BS 81-85; Staff 88)
Zoe Lhevine, 12 Denver, CO
Aria Little, 13 Amanda and CARTER LITTLE (BS 90-91; Staff 95) Nashville, TN
Milo Maloney, 11 Robert Maloney and KRISTEN TAMBLYN (HT 89-93) Bailey, CO
Clara Mann, 14 Lindsey and CHRISTOPHER MANN
Timothy Mann, 12 (BS 83-85) Saratoga Springs, NY
Grayson Mann, 12 JASON MANN (BS 91-92) Goshen, KY
Wyatt Mann, 14
Quinn Marcotte, 13 Amy and BILL MARCOTTE (BS 85-86)
Sewickley, PA
Liam Marlar, 12 ANDY MARLAR (BS 91-96) Phoenix, AZ
Logan Marshall, 10 JOHN MARSHALL (BS 85-87) Marietta, GA
Grandparents: John and JILL THOMAS (HT Staff 64)
Marshall Atlanta, GA
Paulo Matson, 13 Wendy and SHANE MATSON (BS 86-90; Staff 91, 93-94, 96) Tulsa, OK
Grant McDermott, 13 Grandmother: ELIZABETH “BLISS” O’HERIN (HT 72) Blevins Leslie, MO
Scarlett McElrea, 10 RALEIGH COBURN (HT 83-85, 89)
Ridgway, CO
Miles McGee, 9 Matt and MARLYS THEDINGER (HT Staff 05)
McGee Mission Hillsm KS
Ella McGowan, 10 RYAN (BS Staff 00-12) and ASHLEY NORD
Maia McGowan, 8 (HT 93-97; Staff 04-12) McGOWAN
Highlands Ranch, CO
Nella McKasson, 14 Jeff and SCHEHERA RANDLE (HT Keagan McKasson, 14 89-94; Staff 96-01) McKasson
Mission Viejo, CA
Grandparents: Steve and JAN CHANDLER (HT 64-65) Randle
Wichita, KS
Bianca McKee, 13 Luciana and BRAD McKEE (BS 82)
Camilla McKee, 11 Greenwich, CT
Owen McMahon, 12 Michael and LEIGH WALD (HT 91-95)
McMahon Denver, CO
Andy McMichael, 14 Malcolm and BETSY FRIESEN (HT 85, Dean McMichael, 17 87-88, 90: Staff 92-93, 96-97) McMichael
Carbondale, CO
Grandparents: ROB (BS 62; Staff 65-68) and CONNIE
McWILLIAMS (HT Staff 66-68) FRIESEN Denver, CO
Redding Mesinger, 9 Ayeisha and ADAM MESINGER (BS 95)
Boulder, CO
Kelsey Miller, 15 DAN (BS 80-87; Staff 88, 90) and ASHLEY
MANSOUR (HT 87-88) MILLER Littleton, CO
Morgan Miller, 13 Randy and MARY RITCHIE (HT Staff 93) Miller
Denver, CO
Phoebe Miller, 14 George and KATY O’NEILL (HT 85) Miller \
Austin, TX
Camille Nichols, 12 Matthew and CATHERINE CALLAHAN (HT 92-93) Nichols
San Francisco, CA
Ruby Nolan, 10 Jamey and CASEY RENNINGER (HT Staff 03)
Nolan Tampa, FL
Hugh O’Kane, 12 Arianne and HUGH O’KANE (90-91; Staff 97-98)
Oyster Bay, NY
Patrick Olney, 10 Tambi and MARK OLNEY (BS 85-87) Dallas, TX
Brooke Olney, 8
Charlie Olney, 8
Gavin Patterson, 15 Mariko and TOM PATTERSON (BS 80; Staff 87)
Madison, WI
Padgett Payne, 13 BILL (BS Staff 94, 96-97) and CHRISTA
SHOEMAKER (HT Staff 97) PAYNE
New Orleans, LA
Lucas Perry, 10 Katie and PHIL PERRY (BS 88-94; Staff 95-96, Jacob Perry, 8 99, 00, 03) Golden, CO
Grandparents: REIN (Staff 76-78, 00-02) and JAN SANBORN (HT 62-68; Staff 76-02) VAN WEST Ridgway, CO
Grandparents: Nancy and DAVID PERRY (BS 60-62; Staff 66-85) Montrose, CO
Great-Grandparents: SANDY(d) and LAURA(d) SANBORN
Fisher Pfaelzer, 13 JUSTIN PFAELZER (BS 84-86) Clearwater, FL
Sage Pfaelzer, 16 Grandfather: DAVE PFAELZER (d) (BS 54-55)
Charles Pidot, 11 Emily and PHILIP “FLIP” PIDOT (BS 88-9, 92)
Locust Valley, NY
Avery Pollock, 13 Tara Nutik and ADAM POLLOCK (BS 82-83)
Houston, TX
Clayton Rasch, 13 Grandparents: Kathy and RICH BUCHOLZ
Austin Rasch, 11 (BS 62, 64-66; Staff 71) St. Louis, MO
Jameson Rechnitz, 10 Joanna and ANDY RECHNITZ (BS 89-91) Austin, TX
Madelyn Redmond, 16
Jennifer and HAYES REDMOND (BS 83-84) Parker, CO
Lena Remer, 8 Ben and JULIANA DOYLE (HT 88-89) Remer Highlands Ranch, CO
Grandparents: Michael and JILL DYE (HT 62-63; Staff 68-69) Doyle
Henry Reneker, 12 Ben and KATIE FRIESEN (HT88-93: Staff 95, Roy Reneker, 15 97-98) Reneker
Carmel Valley, CA
Grandparents: ROB (BS 62; Staff 65-68) and CONNIE McWILLIAMS (HT Staff 66-68) FRIESEN Denver, CO
Zachary Richardson, 11 Mark and ALICE ZECHER
Georgia Richardson, 13 (HT 89-90; Staff 96) Richardson
Matthew Richardson, 15 Jakarta, Indonesia
Will Richter, 13 Anne and KURT RICHTER (BS 78-80)
Charlotte Richter, 11 Washington, DC
Cerys Rickard, 12 Luke and MEGAN SHELLMAN (HT 85-90; Dylan Rickard, 10 Staff 99) Rickard Durango, CO
Carter Anderson Rissman, 14 John Anderson and STEVE RISSMAN (BS Staff 83-84) Broomfield, CO
Liesl Roach, 9 Nathan and RACHEL LEE (HT 90-93) Roach
Alameda, CA
Karsten Rogge, 13 Matt and ARIELLA RANDLE ROGGE (HT 86-90; Staff 91-96, 01-current) Florissant, CO
Grandparents : Steve and JAN CHANDLER (HT 64-65) Randle
Wichita, KS
Beau Ryan, 11 Autumn and HAYDEN RYAN (BS 93-95)
Tulsa, OK
Leela Sankeu, 8 PORTIA OWENS (HT 96-03, 05) Denver, CO
Iris Savage, 10 Adam Savage and PAGET HINES (HT 84-85
Atlanta, GA
Pippa Schaupner, 13 Daniel Schaupner and LINDSEY TODD (HT 87-88) Arlington, VA
Theodora Schmidt, 8 Marina and DAVID SCHMIDT (BS 96-98; Staff 01, 04-05) St. Louis, MO
Bennet Schreiber, 10 Grandfather: BILL SCHREIBER (BS 63-65)
Overland Park, KS
Carter Schutt, 8 Katie and CHRIS SCHUTT (BS 94-96, 98, 01)
Northville, MI
Brianna Searle, 13 Justin Searle and DANA BREITENSTEIN
Aidan Searle, 16 (HT 78-82; Staff 85-86, 88-89) Hong Kong
Grandparents: Carla and PETE BREITENSTEIN (BS 51-54)
Denver, CO
Addie Seidel, 14 Darren Seidel and ELAINE PAUL (HT 81-83)
Pacific Palisades, CA
Thatcher Shannon, 10 Laura and KYLE SHANNON (BS 89; Staff 93) Tulsa, OK
Brooke Sheftel, 12 Kristine and RYAN SHEFTEL (BS 85-87)
Rumson, NJ
Ava Silverman, 13 David and AMY ZWIBEL (HT 83-85, 87, 89; Staff 93)
Silverman Louisville, CO
Hugo Simms, 11 Cody and MOLLY FAST (HT 89, 92) Simms
Encino, CA
Chandler Sloan, 13 Nathan and CELIA CHANDLER (HT Staff 93)
Sloan Charlotte, NC
Andrew Slothower, 12 Anne and HILL SLOTHOWER (BS 84-85, 88; Staff 94) Littleton, CO
Grandfather: JOHN SLOTHOWER (d) (BS 57-58)
Elliott Slothower, 9 AMY SLOTHOWER (HT 81-84; Staff 92)
Babette Slothower, 7 Denver, CO
Grandfather: JOHN SLOTHOWER (d) (BS 57-58)
Kainoa Slothower, 11 Kathryn and BRYSON SLOTHOWER (BS 85-86, 88; Staff 96) Portland, OR
Grandfather: JOHN SLOTHOWER (d) (BS 57-58)
Landon Slusher, 12 SARAH BLOOM (SWC Staff 18-current)
Tristan Slusher, 10 Florissant, CO
Camilla Smalley, 8 Ursula and RANDALL SMALLEY (BS 90-94, 96-98) Phoenix, AZ
Ryan Smith, 13 Hayden and MICHAEL SMITH (BS 90, 92) Denver, CO
Bode Smolev, 9 Candace Berretta and DAVID SMOLEV
Lily Byron, 17 (BS 90-96) Colorado Springs, CO
Asher Squibb, 11 Brianne and ANDREW SQUIBB (BS 91-93)
Jocelyn Squibb, 13 Liberty Township, OH
Grandmother: DIANA LeMAIRE (HT 64) Devins Essex, MA
Thomas Stadler, 13 Grandfather: PAT BROOKS (BS 56)
Hutchinson, KS
Emma Stadlmann, 12 SAMANTHA SPAETH (HT 85-86, 88) Stadlmann Bend, OR
Emma Stifel, 15 Amanda and ANDREW STIFEL (BS 85-86)
Arlington, VA
Oliver Stine, 10 Jeffrey Stine and ELLIE JENSEN (HT 96; Staff 00) Denver, CO
Ivy Stone, 14 Skip and LAURA DUSTMAN (82-83; Staff 89)
Stone Boulder, CO
Riley Streeter, 12 LAURA WOLFE (HT 89-92) Swain
William Streeter, 11 Ft. Morgan, CO
Clara Streng, 15 Bill and HADLEY BAAS (HT 85-86) Streng
Grand Haven, MI
Bodhi Stupec, 10 Brian and DINA KAFENSHTOK (HT 88-91, 94) Stupec Leland, IL
Piper Sturgis, 14 Emily Moore and SCOTT STURGIS (BS Staff 89-90) Denver, CO
Lily Sutherland, 9 Boonthariga and WILLIAM “QUENT” SUTHERLAND (BS 83-84, 86-87)
Gladstone, MO
William Sutter, 8 Chris Sutter and COURTNEY SMALLEY (HT 89-96)
Shaker Heights, OH
Sarah Swan, 16 Lynda and TODD SWAN (BS Staff 90-91) \
Kent, OH
Julian Talmon, 14 Jochen Talmon and KIMBERLY BUTLER (HT 90-92) Tulsa, OK
Grandparents: Ann and VINCE BUTLER (BS 54-61) Tulsa, OK
Bronson Tarrasch, 10 Grandmother: LOUISE HORAN (HT 63-64)
Noland St. Louis, MO
Eloise Taylor, 9 Evan Taylor and CAROLYN MANNING
Milo Taylor, 7 (HT Staff 98) Brooklyn, NY
Bailey Templin, 8 Walt and KATE ANDERSON (HT 94-96)
Templin Athens, GA
Bradley Thedinger, 11 Janet and SEATON THEDINGER (BS
Jackson Thedinger, 9 91-93; Staff 00-01, 03) Golden, CO
Faith Thomas, 14 Grandmother: BARBARA BUTLER (HT 68) Mission, KS
Brooks Tompkins, 10 Graves and COLLEEN DIXON (HT 93-94)
Tompkins Brooklyn, CT
Tate Tulp. 10 Chris and ASHLEY ALLEN (HT 93-00) Tulp
Davis Tulp, 8 Denver, CO
Grandparents: PHIL (BS 64-71; Staff 72, 77-78) and JULIE TATE (HT 69-72) ALLEN Tulsa, OK
Lilia Turner, 15 Lyric and BEN TURNER (BS 86-89, 92; Staff
Ellery Turner, 7 94) Denver, CO
Tori Tutt, 16 Adeliz and BEN TUTT (BS 84-85) Carolina, Puerto Rico
Hollin Vanderveen, 15 Ted and HILARY DAVIS (HT 93-94)
John Vanderveen, 13 Vanderveen Centennial, CO
Mia Vilgiate, 12 Nico and ASHLEY ZUZACK (HT 90) Vilgiate Eden, UT
Grandmother: JANET FRANZ (HT 62-65) Salida, CO
Sebastian Villar, 16 Begona Teres and JUAN PABLO VILLAR
Begona Villar Teres, 11 (BS 91, 93) Puebla, Mexico
Ceci Waldorf, 11 Kristina and CHRIS WALDORF (BS
Maria Waldorf, 13 78-81) Seattle, WA
Elliot Watson, 7 BYRON WATSON (BS 79-81)
Greenwood Village, CO
Charlie Weaver, 9 JOHN (BS 88) and MOLLY JO WENGER (HT Staff 01-02) WEAVER
Colette Wellstone, 10
Greenwood Village, CO
Mark and JILL HOWSAM (HT 87) Wellstone Steamboat Springs, CO
James West, 14 Sarah and ERIC WEST (BS 87-88) Bixby, OK
Peyton Williams, 16
Victoria and FRANK WILLIAMS (BS 81-86; Staff 87-92, 95, 97)
Greenwich, CT
Leighton Wolens, 13 Jeoffrey and DEVYN POLLACK (HT 83-85) Wolens Houston, TX
Elliana Zeavy, 11
Neal and AMY TREES (HT 81-84; Staff 87)
Zeavy Seattle, WA
Paul Brull Chris and JEN SUNDGREN (HT 85, 87; Staff 89) Brull Plainville, KS
Emily Burnham Dave and CATHY GEPSON (HT 84-86; Staff 88-91) Burnham Northbrook, IL
Will Coleman Rachel and RANDY COLEMAN (BS 80-81) Plantation, FL
Caroline Daniher Bill and AMY SAWYER (HT 84-85; Staff 86, 88) Daniher Redwood City, CA
Hayden Delius Nadine and KURT DELIUS (BS staff 87-88) Austin, TX
Simms Ehrlich Stacy and JAMES EHRLICH (BS 77-79) Austin, TX
Colby Fewster Wendy and BRANDON FEWSTER (d) (BS 76,78)
Conor Hanley Shannon and DAVID MANN (BS 82-84) Westpoint, CT
Annie Hershberger SARAH MCADAMS (HT Staff 85-87, 90) and BOB HERSHBERGER (d) (BS Staff 83-87)
Greencastle, IN
Adam Hureau Steve Hureau and JOAN WOODBURY (HT Staff 83-87) Ft. Collins, CO
Nora Jenkins Stacey Nakasian and JOSEPH “JODY” JENKINS (BS 74-76; Staff 77-79, 82) North Kingstown, RI
Eddie Kelly Amy and BRIAN KELLY (BS 86) Dublin, OH
Kate Middleton Taylor Middleton and BARBARA ROWLEY (HT 74-77; Staff 78-81, 86-90) Big Sky, MT
Justus Munnighoff Martin and TATJANA BROCKMANN (HT 81) Munnighoff, Bad Pyrmont, Germany
Fletch Revisky SANDY BAKELAR (HT 8687; Staff 93-94) Revisky
Bozeman, MT
Liza Roe Dave and LAURA JENNEY (HT 79-83; Staff 88) Roe
Bozeman, MT
Maddy Rowley BRUCE ROWLEY (BS 79-80)
Wichita, KS
Ariella Randle Rogge Steve and JAN CHANDLER (HT 64-66) Randle
Wichita, KS
Emily Porter Siegel Mike and TIFFANY DRAPER (HT 82-87; Staff 90) Siegel
Collierville, TN
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Summer 2023
Sanborn Western Camps Month Long Sessions
First Term:
Sunday June 11-Tuesday July 11
Second Term:
Saturday July 15-Monday Aug 14
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First Term: Sunday June 11-Sunday June 25
Second Term: Tuesday June 27-Tuesday July 11
Third Term: Saturday July 15-Saturday July 29
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